Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin is a little market town, neighborhood and electoral ward in a sparsely-populated location in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin implies church or parish (llan) of St Myllin ('m' regularly mutates to 'f' in Welsh). The town depends on the valley of the River Cain near the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Oswestry and 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Montgomery. The River Cain is joined by the small River Abel in Llanfyllin (most likely called after Cain and also Abel in the Bible), and also meanders through the valley, flowing right into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. The town lies between Shrewsbury and Bala, for a long period of time the vital market towns in this area of Wales as well as the Welsh borders. At close-by Bodyddon there is proof of a very early British settlement. Llanfyllin might be the "Mediolanum amongst the Ordovices" explained in Ptolemy's Location (c.? ad 150), although others argue for Meifod or Caersws. The town is understood for its holy well, Fynnon Coed y Llan. The well is committed to Saint Myllin, who is understood to have actually baptised people right here in the sixth century. The parish church is additionally dedicated to Saint Myllin. There is a tradition that Saint Myllin is the Irish bishop, Saint Mo Ling (additionally named Moling Luachra) (614-- 697). Nevertheless, this doubts. There is no record of Mo Ling taking a trip to Wales, as well as there is a custom that Myllin is buried under the altar of Llanfyllin church whereas Mo Ling is thought to have actually been buried at his abbey in Ireland.
